Donald Robertson
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You sit with people and you draw a little list and you go, you know, what are all the ways in which anger is harming your physical health, your mental health?
You sit with people and you draw a little list and you go, you know, what are all the ways in which anger is harming your physical health, your mental health?
your relationship with other people the other weird thing about it anger tends to spread so if i get angry i could be watching tv and get really angry with some politician that i don't like you know and then i turn around you know and i snap angrily at my cat right now my cat has done nothing
your relationship with other people the other weird thing about it anger tends to spread so if i get angry i could be watching tv and get really angry with some politician that i don't like you know and then i turn around you know and i snap angrily at my cat right now my cat has done nothing
your relationship with other people the other weird thing about it anger tends to spread so if i get angry i could be watching tv and get really angry with some politician that i don't like you know and then i turn around you know and i snap angrily at my cat right now my cat has done nothing
right but it's not even involved in the american politics in any shape or form right but because i'm annoyed with some politician that's on the news or whatever i'm now also you know by associated i'm just annoyed with my cat as well because i'm in an angry frame of mind you know and maybe i'm going to be a bit short you know my wife might say what do you want for dinner
right but it's not even involved in the american politics in any shape or form right but because i'm annoyed with some politician that's on the news or whatever i'm now also you know by associated i'm just annoyed with my cat as well because i'm in an angry frame of mind you know and maybe i'm going to be a bit short you know my wife might say what do you want for dinner
right but it's not even involved in the american politics in any shape or form right but because i'm annoyed with some politician that's on the news or whatever i'm now also you know by associated i'm just annoyed with my cat as well because i'm in an angry frame of mind you know and maybe i'm going to be a bit short you know my wife might say what do you want for dinner
And they'll ask me later, right? Because I'm annoyed with some so-called politician, right? So anger harms our relationships, even with the people that we're not initially angry with.
And they'll ask me later, right? Because I'm annoyed with some so-called politician, right? So anger harms our relationships, even with the people that we're not initially angry with.
And they'll ask me later, right? Because I'm annoyed with some so-called politician, right? So anger harms our relationships, even with the people that we're not initially angry with.
you know we get angry with our perceived enemies but we end up taking it out on our friends as well if we're not careful so people massively underestimate the negative consequences of anger like and so usually in therapy what people find is yes anger your own anger is doing you more harm than the thing the politician said on tv or somebody not sending you a christmas card or the thing
you know we get angry with our perceived enemies but we end up taking it out on our friends as well if we're not careful so people massively underestimate the negative consequences of anger like and so usually in therapy what people find is yes anger your own anger is doing you more harm than the thing the politician said on tv or somebody not sending you a christmas card or the thing
you know we get angry with our perceived enemies but we end up taking it out on our friends as well if we're not careful so people massively underestimate the negative consequences of anger like and so usually in therapy what people find is yes anger your own anger is doing you more harm than the thing the politician said on tv or somebody not sending you a christmas card or the thing
Not maybe in every case, but really for practical purposes in the majority of cases that we end up dealing with. So Socrates took it way further, but nevertheless, there's something really interesting about the point that he's making.
Not maybe in every case, but really for practical purposes in the majority of cases that we end up dealing with. So Socrates took it way further, but nevertheless, there's something really interesting about the point that he's making.
Not maybe in every case, but really for practical purposes in the majority of cases that we end up dealing with. So Socrates took it way further, but nevertheless, there's something really interesting about the point that he's making.
i speaking of anger and frustration i seem to remember you saying that you thought it would be impossible to write this book i did think it was impossible why um i really did i thought it was impossible to write it uh because i thought socrates was too complex a character the peloponnesian war is really annoying um there's like
i speaking of anger and frustration i seem to remember you saying that you thought it would be impossible to write this book i did think it was impossible why um i really did i thought it was impossible to write it uh because i thought socrates was too complex a character the peloponnesian war is really annoying um there's like
i speaking of anger and frustration i seem to remember you saying that you thought it would be impossible to write this book i did think it was impossible why um i really did i thought it was impossible to write it uh because i thought socrates was too complex a character the peloponnesian war is really annoying um there's like